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A school is both the educational institution and building designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools that can be built and operated by both government and private organization. The names for these schools vary by country (discussed in the Regional terms section below) but generally include primary school for young children and secondary school for teenagers who have completed primary education. An institution where higher education is taught is commonly called a university college or university.

In addition to these core schools, students in a given country may also attend schools before and after primary (elementary in the U.S.) and secondary (middle school in the U.S.) education. Kindergarten or preschool provide some schooling to very young children (typically ages 3–5). University, vocational school, college or seminary may be available after secondary school. A school may be dedicated to one particular field, such as a school of economics or dance. Alternative schools may provide nontraditional curriculum and methods. (Full article...)

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Colegio de la Preciosa Sangre de Pichilemu (Spanish pronunciation: [koˈlexjo ðe la pɾeˈsjosa ˈsaŋɡɾe ðe pitʃiˈlemu] ^ⓘ, 'Pichilemu School of the Precious Blood'), often shortened to Preciosa Sangre, is a coeducational Roman Catholic private state-subsidized day school, serving students in preschool (Chile's pre-kínder) through twelfth grade (cuarto medio), located in the commune of Pichilemu, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region, Chile.

It was founded in April 1947 by the Chilean Congregation of the Precious Blood as a girls' school under the name of Escuela Doctor Eugenio Díaz Lira. The school has been fully coeducational since March 1979, and was renamed to its current name in 1986. Cardenal Caro Province newspaper El Expreso de la Costa declared Preciosa Sangre to be "the best school in Pichilemu" based on the results of 2011 standardized tests, while O'Higgins Region newspaper El Rancagüino called the school "a regional icon". It is the largest school in Pichilemu, with 534 students in the 2015 school year. (Full article...)

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The Lycée Henri-IV (sometimes called HIV, H4, or Henri-Quatre) is a public secondary school located in Paris, France. Henri-IV is located in the nationally-historic buildings of the former Sainte Geneviève abbey. After the French Revolution, it was transformed into a public lycée, the first one in France. Its former pupils include French philosophers and writers such as Jean-Paul Sartre and André Gide.

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1954 – The United States Supreme Court hands down a decision for Brown v. Board of Education, overturning earlier rulings going back to Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, and declaring that state laws that established separate public schools for black and white students denied black children equal educational opportunities.

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1927 – School board member Andrew Kehoe sets up a series of bombs in a Bath Township, Michigan elementary school, killing 45 people and injuring 58. The bombings were the deadliest act of mass murder in a school in U.S. history and became known as the Bath School disaster.

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1966 – A group of students at the Tsinghua University Middle School in China use the name Red Guards to sign two big-character posters issued on 29 May. The name would eventually become the label for students and other young people in the People's Republic of China, who were mobilized by Mao Zedong between 1966 and 1968, during the Cultural Revolution.

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... that the 2009 film Heart of Stone is the story of Weequahic High School beset by gangs, and its principal working with Black and Jewish alumni and gang members to restore its glory prior to 1960?

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Roman copy (in marble) of a Greek bronze bust of Aristotle by Lysippos (c. 330 BC), with modern alabaster mantle

Aristotle (Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs, pronounced [aristotélɛːs]; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, and the arts. As the founder of the Peripatetic school of philosophy in the Lyceum in Athens, he began the wider Aristotelian tradition that followed, which set the groundwork for the development of modern science.

Little is known about Aristotle's life. He was born in the city of Stagira in northern Greece during the Classical period. His father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child, and he was brought up by a guardian. At 17 or 18, he joined Plato's Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of 37 (c. 347 BC). Shortly after Plato died, Aristotle left Athens and, at the request of Philip II of Macedon, tutored his son Alexander the Great beginning in 343 BC. He established a library in the Lyceum, which helped him to produce many of his hundreds of books on papyrus scrolls. (Full article...)

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... that Robin Roberts, later of ESPN and Good Morning America, worked as a reporter for the radio station at Southeastern Louisiana University while a student there?
... that, after being elected as the first transgender city councilor of Belo Horizonte, Duda Salabert was fired from her job as a teacher when the school where she worked received a threatening email?
... that during the 1979 Boston University strike, some striking professors carried picket signs with quotes from Paul the Apostle, William Shakespeare, and Voltaire?
... that COVID-19 vaccine scientist Paul Duprex got his start in microbiology by experimenting with his high-school classmates' spit?
... that Saudi Arabian historian Sa'd ibn Junaydil took high school graduation exams with his students, as he had yet to obtain a high school diploma?
... that "The College Chimes" by American composer Daisy Wood Hildreth was chosen by the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts as their alumni song?
... that when Bob and Dave Barney won multiple intramural swimming races, their university recruiter reportedly did not realize they were twins?
... that "Segne, Vater, diese Gaben", a round for saying grace of unknown authorship, has appeared in German collections for kindergarten, schools and events for young people?

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Image 1First primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 (from School)
Image 2Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England (from College)
Image 3Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories (from Music school)
Image 4A madrasah in the Gambia (from School)
Image 5Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (from Music school)
Image 6Seinäjoki College in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland, in May 2018 (from College)
Image 7SUNY Purchase College (from College)
Image 8City College of New York (from College)
Image 9The University of Cambridge (founded in 1209) and many other universities were founded during the Middle Ages. (from History of education)
Image 10Dongping County Vocational Secondary School, China (from Vocational school)
Image 11Diploma of secondary vocational education in Russia (from Vocational school)
Image 12Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States (from College)
Image 13Students in a carpentry trade school learning woodworking skills, c. 1920 (from Vocational school)
Image 14West Park Secondary School in Toronto is an example. It was built in 1968 for students with slow learning or special needs. (from Vocational school)
Image 15Scotch College, Melbourne, an independent secondary school in Australia (from College)
Image 16St Patricks Primary school at Murrumbeena in Victoria, Australia (from History of education)
Image 17Mental calculations. In the school of S. Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895. (from School)
Image 18RAJUK Uttara Model College, located in the northern suburb of Uttara in the capital Dhaka (from College)
Image 19King's College London, established by a Royal Charter in 1829, is one of the founding colleges of the University of London. (from College)
Image 20Vrapice Vocational School, Czech Republic (from Vocational school)
Image 21Pomona College (from College)
Image 22Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. (from Music school)
Image 23World map indicating Education Index (2007/2008 Human Development Report)
- 0.950 and over
- 0.900–0.949
- 0.850–0.899
- 0.800–0.849
- 0.750–0.799
- 0.700–0.749
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(from History of education)
Image 24A school entrance building in Australia (from School)
Image 25Scripps College (from College)
Image 26Ambachtschool (from Vocational school)
Image 27The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. (from College)
Image 28Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii (from School)
Image 29Birkbeck, University of London (from College)
Image 30György Dózsa Vocational Secondary School, Kalocsa, Hungary (from Vocational school)
Image 31Number of Students Taking Distance Courses by Level (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 32Loyola School, Chennai, India – run by the Catholic Diocese of Madras. Christian missionaries played a pivotal role in establishing modern schools in India. (from School)
Image 33To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillance cameras. This is especially common in schools with gang activity or violence. (from School)
Image 34A high school building in Argos, Greece (from School)
Image 35Albert Bettannier's 1887 painting La Tache noire depicts a child being taught about the "lost" province of Alsace-Lorraine in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War – an example of how European schools were often used in order to inoculate Nationalism in their pupils. (from School)
Image 36Braude College of Engineering (from College)
Image 37Jacobs School of Music, part of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, has over 1,600 students. (from Music school)
Image 38Parliament Square, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland (from College)
Image 39A school building in Kannur, India (from School)
Image 40One-room school in 1935, Alabama (from School)
Image 41Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (from Music school)
Image 42Vocational school in Lappajärvi, Finland (from Vocational school)
Image 43Agnes Scott College (from College)
Image 44Saint Anselm College (from College)
Image 45Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music. (from Music school)
Image 46Educational institution of this type in Canton, Michigan, United States (from Vocational school)
Image 47Royal College Colombo, a boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka (from College)
Image 48Mental Calculations. In the school of SRachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. 1895. (from History of education)
Image 49Percentage of Students Taking Distance Courses (2012-2015) (from Online school)
Image 50King's College London in 1831, as engraved by J. C. Carter. It is one of the founding institutions of University of London, established in 1836. (from History of education)
Image 51The Abbey of Cluny (from History of education)
Image 52A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from School)
Image 53Bowdoin College (from College)
Image 54St John's College, Johannesburg, a boys' school in South Africa (from College)
Image 55The University of Otago in New Zealand (from College)
Image 56The "red siminar", a college building pictured in the coat of arms of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland (from College)
Image 57A staged example of an online classroom using Jitsi. The teacher is sharing their screen. (from Online school)

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